Rattlesnake venom-induced thrombocytopenia response to antivenin (Crotalidae) polyvalent: A case series

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-185

  Bush, Sean P ^a   Wu, Victor H ^a   Corbett, Stephen W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivenom; Rattlesnake; Thrombocytopenia; Venom

Indexed keywords

VENOM; VENOM ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; DRUG RESPONSE; ENVENOMATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAKE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033950635     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00524.x     Document Type: Article

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